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Always online is a fan-rape waiting to happen.

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So, about this always online thing, cloud storage, online registration of games, there is of course the obvious question of "What if I lose the internet? Will I still be able to play the games I paid for?" Maybe you will, maybe you won't, but here's my question. Assuming you always have access to the internet, what happens when the xbox one becomes obsolete? With the direction console gaming is going, there are so many things that could go wrong. Will they take the servers down and force you to re-buy the games for the next console? How long will those servers remain up? Once the next console comes out, the one could be nothing more than an expensive decoration, and all those games no longer playable.

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Added:	10 years, 11 months ago 28 May 2013 16:46 CEST

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esanhusky

10 years, 11 months ago

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EXACTRLY why they're doing it!

Well, that and to prevent the resale of used games, but yes, I honestly believe that they won't waste the opportunity to be able to put a transfer fee on any and all games that you want to migrate to new console servers, or as you say, just say "Sorry!" and let them just go away once they're obsolete.

Makes me glad that I never was much into console gaming!

MystBunny

10 years, 11 months ago

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@ esanhusky

For migrating to a new console, as we've seen in the recent past, not all games will be able to do this. Some will just be stuck in time, only this time, existing copies of that game will be useless as well.

KillaLotus119

10 years, 11 months ago

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I think that the only way to get the companies to not do always online is to not buy the new consoles and show the companies that the fans don't want that. I never buy a system when it first comes out anyway because of bugs, but I'm definitely not buying the Xbox one but not because of the potential for always online but because it's not backwards compatible.

MystBunny

10 years, 11 months ago

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@ KillaLotus119

Unfortunately, the hardcore FPSers will latch on as long as possible because they want the new shiny things and they want them NOW. I'm kinda annoyed they haven't caught on yet that they're being screwed.

KillaLotus119

10 years, 11 months ago

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@ MystBunny

I know right, that's why i stopped playing COD because all the games are the same with maybe slightly better graphics, I was a Gears man myself till judgement, but I've spent to much cash to lose all my games just so I can have a new shiny toy.

MystBunny

10 years, 11 months ago

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@ KillaLotus119

Gears of War was kinda fun.

Soggy2002

10 years, 11 months ago

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Online registration has been around almost as long as the internet and PC games have existed together. It was the first form of piracy protection I suppose, but it was (and still is for now) optional. There was a point, I think it was either Assassin's Creed 2, or Brotherhood which one had to stay online for the whole time you played. My internet (which was wireless back then, so really horrifying connection) cut out twice while I was playing. The first time, the game was adorned with a magical pause screen which informed me that my internet had cut out and the game was paused while trying to regain connection. The second time, it didn't come back, the game exited (half way through a mission which had taken me quite a while to get right) and the Ubisoft launcher told me that my internet had died and I could not play until i was back online again.

That's pretty much what will happen if the XBOX is constantly online.

MystBunny

10 years, 11 months ago

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@ Soggy2002

Yes! Online singleplayer needs to DIIIIEEEEEEEE!!!!!

Catwheezle

10 years, 11 months ago

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@ MystBunny

This.

Also, this practice (killing off the reselling of games) might be the nail in the coffin for brick-and-mortar games stores, which have already given up on PC games.

A number of things have killed brick-and-mortar sales of PC games. Casual browser games, Amazon, Piratebay and Steam all hit together, each taking a chunk of the potential PC market. It was also a victim of its success: there are now many times more PC games than every other format combined, which means a new game has to be *damn good* to be more than an insignificant ripple in the ocean of games.

Incidentally, I love Steam, but I fully understand the hatred others bear for it, and I expect to lose my entire games collection someday because of it.

pirohmaniac

10 years, 11 months ago

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No you cant play the games without the net. Have a friend with an xbox360 and no internet. Got me to bring it to my house to download the full paid version of the classic sonic games. Worked fine. Took it back to his place and the games became trials again. Go microsoft >:c

MystBunny

10 years, 11 months ago

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@ pirohmaniac

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